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Live music concerts to support storm victims

Bay of Plenty residents are encouraged to snap up tickets to two live music events at Totara Street this month, which will support victims of the deadly January... Read More

Tattoo fundraiser backs 'safe space'

Warning: This story includes references to suicide and mental health. After great success at last year's event, Ink for Impact is back and bigger than before. Family-run... Read More

Thousands expected for annual duck race

Thousands of people are expected to line Tauranga's waterfront when the Great Tauranga Duck Race annual fundraiser returns this Sunday. Organised by the Tauranga... Read More

One civic service for Tauranga this Anzac Day

Tauranga will host one combined Anzac Day civic service this year, with Mount Maunganui not having its own for the first time. There will be several dawn... Read More

Hot rods ready to rev up fire brigade funds

Summerset by the Sea residents and the wider Katikati community can travel back in time on April 19, when a hot rod display revs up to raise funds for the town's... Read More

Life memberships for 'lifeline' of toy library

Two women who keep the Katikati Toy Library alive and well - in front and behind the scenes - have this month been made life members of the non-profit group... Read More

Fund has $116K to gift to community projects

Western Bay of Plenty District Council's Facilities in the Community Fund is now open for applications. The contestable fund is available every two years,... Read More

BOP councils form an uneasy water partnership

The trust between two Bay of Plenty councils appeared frayed after the councillors spent more than five hours in debates before narrowly agreeing to form a shared... Read More

Animal skin and litter found in Wairoa River

Wairoa River offers a beautiful rural outlook as traffic enters and exits Tauranga City from the north, but being on State Highway 2 makes it a vulnerable area... Read More

National petanque champs roll into Mount Maunganui

The Tauranga BOP Petanque Club is set to welcome players from across the country this month as it hosts the 2026 Petanque New Zealand National Club Championship... Read More

Planting memories at Mount Maunganui

A sea of yellow is set to bloom in the heart of Mount Maunganui later this year, as Memory Meadows returns to Tauranga for its second year - inviting the community... Read More

Pasifika cricket to overtake Fergusson Park

There'll be no smatterings of applause from the bleachers on the boundary, no boring playing forward defensive shots. And there will be no 'white flannelled... Read More